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Means Spanish/English Construction Dictionary: An Essential Tool on the Job Site and in the Office

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Manufacturer: R.S. Means Company

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This new tool is designed to facilitate communication among Spanish- and English-speaking construction communities--improving quality of performance and job-site safety. It features the most common words and phrases used in the construction industry with easy-to-follow pronunciations. Extensive building systems and tools illustrations make this publication a unique and valuable reference.

The dictionary includes: English-to-Spanish translations Spanish-to-English translations Phonetic pronunciations Useful on-the-job phrases Unit conversion factors and tables Illustrated sections of tools and equipment for each trade

An essential tool for contractors, construction workers, architects, building officials, and students in apprenticeship and training programs.

This book is a collaboration with the International Conference of Building Officials, who extensively researched the most-needed terms, as well as with Rolf Jensen & Associates, noted building code consultants.


PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 624
EAN: 9780876298176
ISBN: 087629817X
Label: R.S. Means Company
Manufacturer: R.S. Means Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: 2006-02
Publisher: R.S. Means Company
Studio: R.S. Means Company


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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Some fluff, little substance -
Substance is minimal. The terminology is not day-to-day but technical and geared to projects with many trades and workers. Hopefully, somebody is not referring to this book to explain to a worker the technical details of a fire sprinkler system, but, there are about 15 entries for various types of fire sprinklers. Unfortunately, there is not consistent detail for all trades - the book would (should?) then be ten times as thick.
If you are seeking something to help you and one or two house construction laborers communicate, this isn't it.
There are 107 pages of straight English-Spanish word conversions, in very large type, the "S" pages averaged 15 per page, so you're getting about 1,600 words, many of which are repetitive.
Many words have two translations, but no help as to which to use.
These 107 pages are just as easily found in any on-line translation dictionary.
The 5 pages of "useful phrases" were helpful - again, geared towards a large construction site where your normal translator is on vacation and you have to fill in. BUT, ONLY 5 pages.
Tools span (span = luz, or vano, or claro, wonder which will convey my meaning) 7 pages and would have been a great place for illustrations, but no.
The illustrations are meager and not particularly helpful. The sketches on the cover are not included in the book - deceitful advertising. My first grader's illustrated spanish-english dictionary with one page devoted to a jobsite was more helpful.
Save your money. Don't spend it on this.

Just a few of the words I hoped to find, but didn't:
Deep, dirt, driveway, fill, place, pour, smooth, soak...
Very deficient in verbs.

A note to R. S. Means, who's books, guides, and standards I have used for decades - pull this book off the shelf and start over, you are damaging what used to be a good name.

Potable Water? -
Potable Water is the proper construction term and that is what it is known as industry wide. This is a construction dictionary not a slang dictionary. I am buying it!

Don't bother sending for this one. -
Just in looking at the sample pages I decided this book was not worth sending for. A good example is "Agua Potable".....translated to "Potable water" in English. Ask the typical American for Potable Water and 9 out of 10 people won't know what you're talking about. Ask those same people for Drinking Water and you'll get a response.
The translations are very poor, and obviously not done by a native English speaker.

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